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chlamydia — noun (plural chlamydiae) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chlamyd , chlamys Date: 1966 1. any of a genus (Chlamydia, family Chlamydiaceae) of spherical gram negative intracellular bacteria; especially one (C. trachomatis) that causes or is… … New Collegiate Dictionary
chlamydospore — noun Etymology: Latin chlamyd , chlamys + International Scientific Vocabulary spore Date: 1884 a thick walled usually resting fungal spore … New Collegiate Dictionary
chlamys — noun (plural chlamyses or chlamydes) Etymology: Latin chlamyd , chlamys, from Greek Date: 1699 a short oblong mantle worn by young men of ancient Greece … New Collegiate Dictionary
monochlamydeous — [män΄əklə mid′ē əs] adj. 〚< ModL Monochlamydeae /span> MONO + Gr chlamyd , base of chlamys, a mantle + OUS〛 having only one series of perianth parts, usually designated as sepals, in the flower * * * … Universalium
chlamydate — /klam i dayt /, adj. Zool. having a mantle or pallium, as a mollusk. [ < L chlamydatus dressed in a chlamys, equiv. to Gk chlamyd (s. of chlamys) CHLAMYS + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
chlamydeous — /kleuh mid ee euhs/, adj. Bot. pertaining to or having a floral envelope. [ < Gk chlamyd (s. of chlamýs) CHLAMYS + EOUS] * * * … Universalium
chlamydia — /kleuh mid ee euh/, n., pl. chlamydiae / mid ee ee /. 1. Microbiol. any coccoid rickettsia of the genus Chlamydia, parasitic in birds and mammals, including humans, and causing various infections, esp. of the eyes, as trachoma, lungs, as… … Universalium
chlamydospore — /kleuh mid euh spawr , spohr /, n. a thick walled, asexual, resting spore of certain fungi and algae. [1880 85; < Gk chlamyd (s. of chlamýs) CHLAMYS + O + SPORE] * * * … Universalium
Chlamydophila pneumoniae — Chlamydia pneumoniae Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Chlamydiae Order: Chlamydiales … Wikipedia
clamido — CLAMID(O) elem. strat protector, membrană . (< fr. chlamyd/o/ , cf. gr. khlamydé) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
